Magazine - Washington Briefing
Farewell to arms control
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent nuclear saber-rattling has not only unnerved the West. It has upset what’s known as “the world nuclear order,” a series of arms…
May 3, 2022
Columnists
Inflation has caught up with us all
We are all about to get a lot poorer — that much is baked in. The question is, who gets the blame? Will we take out our…
Education
The science crisis
It has been called “galling” and “worse than we thought.” It risks demolishing the technocratic case for “expertise.” Nearly two decades into science’s replication crisis, have scholars,…
Infrastructure
Appeal over mask mandate ruling might not be for the short term
Thanks to a ruling by a federal judge in Tampa, Florida, on April 18, many have been traveling on public transportation maskless. However, two days after the…
Magazine - Life & Arts
I know why the caged Nick sings
What qualifies as a great performance? Decades of conditioning by movie critics, not to mention Oscar voters who insist on recognizing Meryl Streep each time she adopts…
Magazine - Features
Obama vs. Jefferson on free speech
Progressive intellectuals say they are still very worried about misinformation and its capacity to undermine democracy. This has been on the Left’s collective mind at least since…
Magazine - Life & Arts
What sort of visionary was William Blake?
Although the British visionary, poet, and artist William Blake (1757-1827) was moderately successful as an engraver, people thought his art was bizarre, that his poetry was gibberish,…
Beltway Confidential
The Washington Post doth protest too much
The Washington Post is very concerned that a multibillionaire tech tycoon may soon own a major media platform. Very concerned. On April 25, tech overlord Elon Musk, the richest…
Beltway Confidential
Democrats are older but not wiser
What’s the salient feature of Washington leadership? Is it cynicism? Incompetence? Profligacy with our money? Those characteristics stand out, but none is quite it. The unprecedented thing…
Magazine - Your Land
Word of the Week: ‘Inclusive storytelling’
The American Copy Editors Society, the organization now known as ACES: The Society for Editing, has strayed far from its mission since being founded in the late…